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And earlier this summer, the Dutchman had said: “The first two years I had two freak injuries and in the second year I didn’t play as much as I hoped.

“You want to play games and you need to do that to get fit. It was good to me to get out on loan last season.”

Rafa Benitez had handed De Jong one more chance at Newcastle but he fell down the pecking order behind Ayoze Perez and Mo Diame, with the recent arrival of Joselu also decreasing his chances of game-time.